Ross Stewart said his Cambridge team want to get back to enjoying rugby again as they host Birmingham Moseley in National League One on Saturday.

It would be easy for the director of rugby, and his team, to feel dejected after the last few weeks.

They are now without a win in five and, despite consistently picking up bonus points, their games are following a frustratingly similar pattern of sacrificing leads.

Last weekend’s game against Loughborough Students, where they led 22-19 at the break before losing 47-22, was a prime example of this.

And then a look at the calendar ahead seems daunting, starting this week at Moseley before travelling to Hartpury College.

While admitting that their past form had played on the team’s mind, Stewart said his side have adopted a new outlook going into the tough fixtures.

He said: “We’ve put quite a bit of pressure on ourselves over the last couple of weeks, and while we feel like the should have won some of the games, we have gone back and looked at some of the positives.

“We’re looking forward to the challenges of the next few weeks and want to achieve some things that haven’t been achieved before.

“For the club, we want our first win over Moseley at the weekend, then in two weeks we want to go and be the first team to beat Hartpury.

“We want to get smiles back on our faces like the earlier part of the season where, while not playing care free, we knew what we wanted to do and that was to achieve something special with the club.”

It would be surprising if their opponents at the weekend have such a positive outlook.

Moseley, relegated from the Championship last season, announced this week to great surprise that long-term director of rugby Kevin Muggs was not going to get his contract renewed and would leave the club at the end of the season.

Muggs, who has been at the club for seven years, and his team are in no danger of relegation but won’t catch leaders Hartpury and, with growing uncertainty behind the scenes at the club, there are fears that their season may peter out.

However, Stewart still believes they are one of the best outfits in the division and that the game could give the Moseley players a distraction from the off-field problem.

He said: “When you get to a game and there’s 15 guys pulling on a shirt, you never go out to lose a game of rugby, and they’re the only team to give us a

hiding the season (a 72-14 defeat in October).

“They’re probably a better team than some of their games have suggested, and they have good players who won’t be too affected by what is happening off the field.”

Ben Penfold is expected to be out for another six weeks after picking up an injury on his return last weekend while Chris Leatham is back from Army commitments.